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Favorite films

  • Melancholia
  • In the Mood for Love
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  • Mulholland Drive

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  • White Lines

    ★★★½

  • The Sting

    ★★★★

  • Safe

    ★½

  • The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

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  • White Lines

    White Lines

    ★★★½

    The second half of this English-Spanish drama-mystery mini series is both a blessing and a curse; while it turns the show in to a much more unique and enjoyable ride with it's Ibiza scenery, it also leaves so much to be desired for with it's rushed ending and unsatisfiying resolution of personal conflicts. While the direction and the editing is solid, the dialogue in this can get too expository and even repetitive.

    The biggest accomplishment of this show is the…

  • Safe

    Safe

    ★½

    first few episodes are not too intriguing and while there are some episodes that are more thrilling than the rest as a whole it is not exciting as it needs to be given the premise. Also i feel like they are way too many characters and certain scenes dont contribute to anything significant for the plot and shadow the more interesting sequences. For instance that whole thing about the new lady cop and her father was just extremely useless and…

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  • M3GAN

    M3GAN

    ★★

    had such a potential as a campy horror movie and I appreciate that it doesnt take itself too seriously but some elements of it dont work well in movie's favour.

    The third act is the biggest downfall of it; its predictable, formulaic and it goes on way too long.
    I kept wishing that they wouldnt take the easy way out and actually turn it into a chaotic, unpredictable distopian mess with an unusual ending but it doesnt try to do…

  • The Hole

    The Hole

    ★★

    An utter disappointment, a brilliant idea and direction being wasted on a screenplay that doesnt bother to give audience something to latch onto. It is almost frustrating because it feels like there is a much better, masterpiece quality movie dissected and scattered in this and it makes you anticipate for a greater film as a whole to no avail.

    The movie's biggest appeal is it's intriguing theme. The brilliance of the theme lies on it's relevancy and relatability for us,…

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